hepatic

hepatic

hepatic

[hepat′ik]

Etymology: Gk, hēpar, liver

pertaining to the liver.

hepatic

Alternative medicinenoun A medicinal preparation, usually of herbal origin, used to “tone” and strengthen the liver, increase the flow of bile, and aid in hepatic detoxification (as defined by alternative health practitioners, rather than mainstream physicians).

the angle made by the caudolateral border of the caudate liver lobe on abdominal radiography.

hepatic arterioportal fistula

shunt between the hepatic artery and the portal vein.

hepatic atrophy and nodular regeneration

a disease of dogs, due to unknown cause but possibly a toxin, characterized by nodular regenerative hyperplasia and atrophy of severely fatty hepatocellular parenchyma and gradually developing, always fatal, liver insufficiency.

death of hepatic parenchyma which may be single cell (necrobiosis), or multicell in piecemeal, focal, periacinar, midzonal, periportal or paracentral locations. Massive necrosis refers to events in individual acini in which all hepatocytes are dead.

omphalogenic hepatic abscess

abscess resulting from infection of the umbilicus and direct vascular extension to the liver.

hepatic periacinar fibrosis

fibrosis limited to the zones around hepatic venules; a response to congestive heart failure or to intoxication.

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